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Near Evergreen on Cooper Point, I was outside watching at around 2 am, I saw several large flashes of light to the south. At first I thought it might be lightning, but it must have been exploding transformers.

I lost the largest part of a very gnarly old native willow tree in my pasture, but sometimes even the fallen trunks remain alive.

At 1pm though the weather is interesting (if not as exciting). At Volunteer Park (starting at 11pm) the winds died down and swung around to the east with downslope warming pushing the temp up 12F in two hours to 61.8F at 1pm and the dew point in the high thirties. Pressure is now dropping again.

Lots of wind last night in SW Washington. Woke me up about 11:30 and it didn't really quit till 1:40 or so. No damage to the house, but the patio furniture was rearranged and the window box planters got blown off their perches...

18:00 and the baro is quite low and still falling 29.13 at Boeing Field. I looked at the past 10 years and this is quite low, maybe on a dozen times has the mercury been this low. What prompted this was the water level in my storm glass was higher than I have ever noted it to be. I actually put a little mark on the stem for future reference. Whoops, I just went and looked again and the water has dropped about an inch in the past 20 minutes. Just thought I would share this give our current weather.

Please strike that post of mine. I have now concluded that when the furnace runs in my old home it is able to increase the barometric pressure with in the home. The current very low baro reading now is valid. I do have a curiosity as to why. To me it would indicate a wind event would be expected.

The power went back on here in Tumwater at about 3 pm---15 hours after it went out. Glad to see my post on the other thread was successfully sent via my cell phone in the pitch dark. Interesting to see how we were all up watching and listening to the storm!

Cliff-While we have been rightly focused on the local forecasts and potential for damage, the very dynamic synoptic picture continues to fascinate me. If they have not already done so, I would encourage readers to print out a copy of the OPC Pacific Surface Analysis. Keeping this at hand - go to the NWS Seattle site, Click on "Satellite" and take a look at the IR for NW US at 4km, and the IR western US at 28km. Run the loops. the 28k shows the whole North Pacific with the developing troughs from the monster low marching along 40N (next weekend's wx?) The 4k not only shows our local wx approaching, but you can watch the circulations develop and change, interact, compete for energy.... Quite a show.-Fred

Cliff ~ The NWS is forcasting Easterly winds of 20-30 for the foothills. I live in Eatonville. Our zone is considered the "East Puget Sound Lowlands". Whenever they forcast strong winds from the east and for the foothills we usually don't get much more than a breeze. But tonight we have been having some gusts near 40 with sustained off and on between 15 - 25. I was wondering if the winds we are experiencing tonight are the mountain wave winds and not the typical gap winds. When we get a wave wind event we do get hit hard here in Eatonville, but not with the gap winds.....These winds tonight are more typical of the wave winds....not constant, but some good gusts. What's your take on the winds tonight?

.TONIGHT...STRONG WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS NEAR ENUMCLAW WITH LOCAL EAST WIND 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH. WINDS EASING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA EAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH EXCEPT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH. INCREASING CLOUDS WITH LIGHT RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 40 TO 45.